#24 Mixing, Content Creation, & Social Media | With Joshua Riley Stokes Sound podcast

#24 Mixing, Content Creation, & Social Media | With Joshua Riley

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In this episode, we bring you Joshua Riley, Manchester-based Mixing Engineer, to talk about mixing, content creation, and social media.

Joshua is an experienced mixer, lecturer, and public speaker, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sound Production from SAE Institute South Africa.

Today, you’ll hear about Joshua’s newly built mixing setup, his to-do list after getting a mix, filtering and clipping, mixing vocals, using automation, getting into content creation, the power of social media, convincing artists about the importance of a mixing engineer, and the three things that Josh wishes he’d known sooner.

Episode Timestamps

[00:38] A bit about Josh.
[04:17] Josh’s mixing setup.
[09:10] Josh’s workflow.
[14:13] Mix bus processing.
[17:07] Filtering and clipping.
[19:54] Mixing backing vocals.
[22:45] Automation.
[27:33] VCAs vs buses.
[29:41] Content creation.
[52:25] Mixing and mastering.
[55:29] Solving problems with RX.
[59:58] The importance of having a mixing engineer on the team.
[65:02] Three things Josh wishes he knew sooner.

Notable Quotes

“There’s no right or wrong way to do these things.”
“If you just sit all day waiting for that phone to ring, it isn’t going to happen.”
“It’s not an easy industry to be in.”

Connect with Joshua

Website:www.mixedbyjoshua.com.

Instagram:@joshjriley.

TikTok:@mixedbyjoshua.

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